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Old 10-21-2005, 01:24 AM
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Default Re: Measure 100 amps with 10 amp meter ?

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Originally Posted by seanc
Steve:

That's all a digital ammeter is: a voltmeter w/a built-in shunt.

Sean
Right, so if moto-chrome is going to use a multimeter, he can build his ammeter with the multimeter set as a voltmeter, across an external shunt, and not have to do any of the parallel resistance calculations.

Steve

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